Marc Monnier
Marc Monnier ( born December 7, 1827 in Florence, † April 18, 1885 in Geneva) was a Swiss writer of French origin.
Family and career
Monnier the son of Jacques -Louis Monnier, a French man was originally from Ardèche, and his wife Priscille Lacour, a Swiss from Geneva. The first years of his childhood experienced Monnier in Florence in 1832 and moved with his parents to Naples.
Monnier studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Universities of Geneva, Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1864 he was appointed as a professor of comparative literature at the University of Geneva, a position which he held until his death. From 1878 to 1880 he was rector of the university.
Monnier was married to Hélène Dufour from Cartigny (near Geneva ), which after the death of her husband own stories published under the pseudonym of Jean des Roches. From the marriage of the writer Philippe Monnier emerged.
Reception
Monnier wrote a larger number of small, mostly satirical pieces; a selection appeared in 1871 under the title Théâtre de marionettes. One of the official literary criticism deemed as " quite remarkable " collection of stories followed in 1879.
In addition, his non-fiction, such as Genève et ses poètes or La had renaissance. De Dante à Luther praise achieved. The latter was even awarded by the Académie française. Today there are Marc Monnier to the broader sphere of Parnassian.
Works (selection)
- Théâtre de marionettes. Genève 1871
- Poésies. Genève 1872
- Nouvelles Napolitaines. Paris 1879
- Le charmer. Paris 1882
- Garibaldi. Histoire de la conquête des Deux - Sicilies, notes prises au jour le jour sur place. Paris 1861
- La Camorra. Notizie storiche raccolte e documentate. Firenze 1862
- L' Italia. All'opera dal 1860 al 1869. Milano 1869
- Genève et ses poètes you XVIe siècle a nos jours. Paris 1874
- Les contes populaires. Paris 1880
- Histoire générale de la littérature moderne.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II